The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-02
A GREAT FIRE IN NEW YORK
Whole Blocks Of Five and Six Story
Buildings Ableze.

broke ont at | 80 A. NJ, in the south
end Of the Belt Line stables on
Tenth avenue, between SD and 54th
streets. The building was entirely
destroyed, with sixteen hundred
horses and nearly all the cars in the
building. The flames were first seen
by one of the night hands, who gave
the alarm. The flames spread rapid
ly and soon completely enveloped
the building in their folds. It
was q FIVE bodybuilding and COW
cred c square, the block reaching
back to Eleventh avenue. The up
per stories were occupied by repair
shops and combustiblc material,
which blazed as.soon as touched by
the fire. The Offices were situsted in
the east corner. They were in flames
80 quickly that there was no
chance to save the books Of the COM
pany. In the stables were over SIX
teen hundred horses and several hun
dred cars. Only ten horses and
two cars were saved. The rest were
all burned up.
At A. N. the walls of the build.
inc fell in with terrible crash, send
ing millions of SPARKS and blazing
pieces Of wood high in the air. The
fire alarm of the three SKIES had been
made as soon as the FIRE chief arrived
at the scene, and engines from all
parts of the city with water tower
and the hook and ladder companies
were rapidly coming. The heat from
the flaming building was so great
that several firemen and two police
men were prostrated.
At 1.45 A. NJ. the flames, aided by
the strong wind which was prevailing
had leaped across this wide avenue
and communicated to the whole block
en- the east side between SD and
54th streets. The block was COM
posed of six-story tenement houses
and coal yard. The terror stricken
tenants poured out Of the building
like swarm of bees, praying, tight
ing and cursing by turns. The scene
Of terror was indescribable. The
building burned rapidly, though the
fronts facing the svenue were of
brown stone. BY 2:30 A. NJ. they
were completely gutted. The flames
spread over the entire block of Ninth
avenue.
At 2:3O the next block below had
caught on fire, and was burning
fier:ely. The streets in the vicinity
for blocks away, were filed with
frightened, crying and woe-stricken
tenants, fleeing from the ravages of
the Flames. The fire attracted thou
sands of awe.stricken spectators.
The tenement houses were thickly
peopled. Every floor had from four
to FIVE families. All we're poor peo-
pie, who will lose all their properly.
The FIRE was got under control at 4
O'Clock this morning. The stables,
with their contents, and the frame
houses on the opposite side of Tenth
avenue, and down oath street, were
destroyed. The loss will not be
much less than 100000.
Elizabeth Walsh, rs years old, one
OF the occupants of the house No. 540
West 54th street, which was burned,
was sick in her bed. The police res
cued her and brought her to the side:S
walk, where she expired from fright
and shock.
AFTER THE FIRE.
New YORK, May 27.-The loss is
now, estimated at Sl,525,000. The
FIRE ragged from half-past l till day
break. The sun rose upon scene
of desolasion, but with the tired fire.
men masters of the situation. The
bodies OF 200 horses that had been
smothered or burned alive were roast
ing in the ruins of the stables. One
wing Of Jacob News silk factory in
54th street and FIVE brick tenements
in that block have disappeared.
Scarcely trace was left of any of
them save the corner tenement on
Tenth avenue, the front of which yet
stands. A row of frame rookeries
on Tenth avenue, fronting the stables,
had been wiped out, and ofthe shanty
settlement all the way down SD
street, from Tenth avenue to within
800 feet Of Eleventh avenue, nothing
was left save blackened rocks and
VOWS of dead goats, dogs, pigs and
horses that had been burned to death
in the vain scramble for life.
More than 100 families, to great
extent very poor people, had been
rendered homeless, and one woman
had perished from fright in the ex-